Christmas at the Olsen's







Christmas at the Olsen's

By the third and final Christmas celebration Max had the gift Un-wrapping down pretty good! Above are some of my favorite picts of his reaction to his gifts. As you can see he loves his new race car rug, football, airplane and bicycle. We had a big traditional Lunch with Turkey, Ham and all the fixin's once we sat down to eat I realized that I had completely forgotten to make my broccoli slaw! All the ingredients were still sitting on the counter where I had left them - whoops!

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Christmas at the Johnson's


Great Granddaughter Reese with papa. Isn't she a doll!


All the cousins have matching pj's so cute! Aunt Becky always comes up with the best ideas! Not sure how I got stuck in these photos - just focus on the babies!


Max's 1st Yourk Peppermint Patty. I think he likes it!


The Boys were playing and eating ice from the coolers.


Max trying out Finnleys Present - almost fits him.

After we had Christmas at Maggie's we headed over to Ben's Parents home. They always put on such a wonderful Christmas. inside the foyer was a small cluster of photos of all the kids and hand made ornaments. There were presents all over the place and a plethora of snacks for munching. There TV had a setting that would display different famous paintings so if you notice a painting that changes in the background that's what it is. Becky brought over some bread and brownies and Quaker Friendship bread that I forgot to get when I left, bummer! The kids were so cute in there PJ's. Reese's eyes will stop you in your tracks they are so cute! If anyone ever saw Shrek 2 with and the character 'Poos-in-boots', it's just like that! It was great to see Mema and Papa and they seemed to be in great health. It is always a pleasure to see them and spend time together. M&R gave Max a neat slide for in or outside that he and Finn loved to use. then we all went to the playground to work off some of out christmas goodies.

Christmas Morning At Grama Maggies

My First Present a Microphone because, like my mom, I like to hear myself talk!

Now a little Breakfast with Gram

Gram Loves to look at pictures of ME!

Now I'm all dressed for Christmas at the Johnson's!

I like these Santa Slippers!

Christmas Morning At Maggie's

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve in Atlanta at Mom's Condo. Our Christmas dinner was Chinese takeout my favorite! YUM! The night was a little ruff for Max with his cold and not knowing where he was so we all woke up a little bit groggy but excited about the day ahead! Mom had such a fun time with Max feeding him and playing with him and I know he had a great time too.

We gave Maggie 4 oversized prints of Max for Christmas with 2 lines of poetry on each print that made up a poem about grandsons. The photos were ones that she liked or had special meaning for her. Choosing just 4 was the biggest challenge for me because there are so many cute one. I tried to make the photos look like they were film and not digital and Black and White to make they congruent if she decides to hang them together. Here is the poem below I think it fits well because she always call Max her "angel baby".

God had somthing to say
 So he sent an angel my way

A grandson to love 
Directly from heaven above
Max is so happy and carefree 
No greater love could there be

As he grows from day to day 
I know God sent an angel my way

Jack's Christmas Tree Farm

We headed out to get our tree this weekend. It was a fun little trip where Max got to see some farm animals. The goat was so cute! It would let you pet it like a dog or cat and it would squint it eyes like he was saying "thank you sooo much that feels so good!" Max was a little timid but intrigued.

Random Funny Photos




Can't believe I got this one with the antlers - they were on his head exactly .02 seconds.


This is where Max kinda go stuck with on leg in and one leg out of the window of his space ship.

Max's Home made space ship.

It was nice to have a few days off with no plans the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving however since it was so rainy and we were stuck inside we got a little stir crazy. To help the cabin fever I went out into the garage and got a big box we were storing yard sale stuff in and turned it into a fort for Max. These photos are of the next day home with Dad. Max put a bib in and wore it like a cape as he played with his cardboard space ship.

these are shots from the mall in Athens. We went there a few weeks ago to get a photo of Max with Santa. The photo didn't turn out too good so we will spare you but these shots on the coin toys were cute. Max knew right were to grab and looks like a natural.

Screen shots from today

I'm so lucky that I live in an age of technology and have a husband who knows how to make it all work! When Max stays at home with Dad I get to see him wake up over the internet for free using the web cam built into Ben's computer. They sit at the computer for a few min. and flirt with me before they have lunch - the highlight of my day!

The Olsen Family Thanksgiving


From Back, Left to Right, Stan, Kem, Carla, Sharla, Greg, Ben, Keith,
Front Row, Left to Right, Sandra, Fran holding Max, Kayla, Dad holding Haley, Kyle, Uncle Joe, Aunt Diane and me.








The Olsen Family Thanksgiving

We had a great time out at the Farm in Bostwick, GA celebrating Thanksgiving Friday. We had family there from Chicago and California. The food was outstanding as always and the kids kept us all entertained.

The Johnson Family Thanksgiving
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What a great Thanksgiving we had in Duluth with Ben's Family and my mom. There are so many great photos to share I couldn't add them all. Just click here to see them all on our Flickr page. If for nothing else you have to go to see my adorable Niece Reese!

We arrived around 11:30 and hung out in the playroom. Max enjoyed watching Finnley and trying to copy him while the adults sat in mini chairs and chitchatted. I enjoyed making Reese smile. The feast was wonderful with lots of exchanging of recipes and "oh my that's soooo good" and it was! We had 3 different kinds of potatoes and a very yummy cabbage salad with grapefruit that was amazing. I was smart this year and brought my own tupperware to take home leftovers. Taking home leftover is almost as important as the feast itself.

After the meal a few people went down to the river in the back yard. Finnley likes to throw sticks in the river and was teaching Max how it's done. Then they went to the park to work off more turkey both adventures made for some good pictures. Those Johnsons are such a fun group of people to hang out with. They have a lot of great story tellers in that family and they keep me in stitches!

Max's loves to hang out WITH his books!

A few nights ago we were having dinner and Max just started to do a little show for us. Ben was quick to grab the video camera and I'm so glad he did! I was amazed at all Max's moves, spinning, walking backwards, stomping, wide stance stomping, walking on his toes, kneeling and some Elvis hip moves too! What a funny boy!

School Pictures are here!
The day they took these I had called daycare to check on Max since this was still all new to him. They said he was okay but didn't like changing rooms when they took him to get his picture taken. They said he wasn't smiling but had a cute smirk like he wanted to smile but wasn't real sure.

Had a great time at Thrasher park in the Historic part of Norcross with MeMike and Pops Saturday. The park and surrounding train station, shops and restaurants are so cute with that small town feeling you would have thought we were out in the country. The floor of the park is very soft and squish made of old tires I think and there are real train tracks right there too. Max got to see two trains come by at full speed for the first time. I'm not sure if he know what to think about that but I think he liked it even if it scared him a little. He also got to practice his sliding ability and going down stairs, two things that kinda go together. He had lot's of fun watching the "big kids" and saying UT-oh over and over.

Happy Halloween

We had a nice Halloween Friday. We decided to sit on the front porch to hand out candy and let Max watch all the trick-r-treaters. He was dressed as a NASCAR Rookie sponsored by Simlilac (a brand of formula) it got quite a chuckle! Max said something to every one as they left that sounded like "Be Duh Be" not sure what that means but it was really cute. He ate some chocolate and some marshmallow and really enjoyed them - Well he took one bite out of the marshmallow and held it until it was really sticky, of course. I look forward to next year when he can help choose what to be and we can go trick-r-treating ourselves.